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Talent is overrated : what really separates world-class performers from everybody else

by: Colvin, Geoffrey

Publication date: 2010

Topics: Work, Performance, Professional Competence, Work, Performance, Work

Publisher: New York : Portfolio

Collection: printdisabled; internetarchivebooks; delawarecountydistrictlibrary; china; americana

Digitizing sponsor: Internet Archive

Contributor: Internet Archive

Language: English

Originally published in hardcover: New York : Portfolio, 2008

"With a new afterword"--Cover

Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-226) and index

The mystery -- Talent is overrated -- How smart do you have to be? -- A better idea -- What deliberate practice is and isn't -- How deliberate practice works -- Applying the principles in our lives -- Applying the principles in our organizations -- Performing great at innovation -- Where does the passion come from? -- Understanding the deepest question about great performance

An expansion on the author's popular Fortune article, "What It Takes to Be Great," builds on his premise about success being linked to the practice and perseverance of specific efforts, in a full-length report that draws on scientific principles and real-world examples to demonstrate his systematic process at work